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The 16th annual sacred drama, dance and song program "La Virgen del Tepeyac: The Apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe” will be performed on Sunday, Dec. 2, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Mission Church.

"Techmanitarians" who are being honored at The Tech Awards Nov. 15 will also participate in workshops and have received marketing assistance from SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Center for Science, Technology, and Society.

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ joins the world of open online education with the premiere of a business ethics course exploring the common and difficult decisions that confront professionals.

Applications are now open for SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI), an 11-year-old program that helps social entrepreneurs create greater impact in their poverty-alleviating missions.

The SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Jesuit Community is sad to announce the death of Father William F. Donnelly, S.J., longtime faculty member, alumnus, and past administrator at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

On Oct. 30, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ School of Law will honor two outstanding alumni and one corporate "organization of the year" at its ninth annual Diversity Gala: A Celebration of Diversity in the Legal Profession.

A team of Silicon Valley industry veterans and students at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) has been selected to design and implement a new investment tool with the potential to aid thousands of small and growing businesses in emerging economies.

Donald Polden, dean of the SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ School of Law, announced his decision to step down at the end of his second five-year term in summer 2013.

Fifteen recent graduates of SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ are working across the country and the world in year-long stints with Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) and JVC Northwest.

Leavey School of Business is offering all its incoming freshmen classes, workshops, and guidance in their own "personal brand management," to start their college and professional lives off on the right foot.

College students are putting the finishing touches on their resumes, polishing up their online profiles and practicing their pitches for dozens of the top Silicon Valley companies who will be at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s Malley Center for the annual fall career fair Oct. 3 from 3 to 6 p.m

For the SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 2013 Solar Decathlon team, the challenge of building a solar house is testing more than just design and engineering skills. The U.S. Department of Energy’s biennial competition is putting the students in many roles they have never explored.

Even in wealthy SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ County, the number of hungry people is growing, with the problem becoming more widespread. How can Silicon Valley’s community partners take action to connect new and existing hungry families with nutritious food where they live, learn, work, and play? These issues will be addressed at the fifth annual SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ County Hunger Forum titled “It’s Complicated: Hunger in Our Community.”

As the 2012 election approaches, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education is holding a series of lectures titled Sacred Texts in the Public Sphere.

In its annual ranking, “America’s Best Colleges 2013,” U.S. News & World Report ranked SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ second overall among master’s universities in the West. At 96 percent, SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ has the highest freshman retention rate of all master’s universities. SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s average undergraduate graduation rate, 86 percent, was the third highest rate of the 625 master’s universities across the country.

President Michael Engh, S.J., convened the 2012-2013 academic year at a Mission Church ceremony, by celebrating honors bestowed on several faculty and staff members and sharing ways SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is working to overcome its newest challenges.

The Alumni Factor ranked SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ 43rd nationally in a new college ranking service. Unlike other rankings, colleges and universities are judged on a survey of 42,000 alumni from 177 schools across the country.

To help advance the high-tech knowledge base of entrepreneurs, executives, and professionals, the Executive Development Center of SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Leavey School of Business has launched 10 online, non-credit courses on topics that include entrepreneurship, patents, high-tech law, and "law school lite."

The de Saisset Museum at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ opens two new exhibits this fall that feature exciting varieties of textiles and jewelry. Guest curated by Sheryl Nonnenberg, Beyond Function: Fiber, Fabric, and Finery explores innovations in textile art through the work of 11 Bay Area artists. Jeweled Prosthetics: Jewelry as Extension of Self, an exhibit organized by guest curator Melissa Behravesh, features pieces by two artists who take jewelry beyond the realm of conventional adornment. Both exhibitions are on view August 17 through December 2, 2012.

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is ranked among the top 75 of America’s Best Colleges in a list just released by Forbes magazine. SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ is ranked No. 72, dramatically climbing the charts from 318 in 2008.

SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ School of Law will welcome its newest class of first-year students on Aug. 13.

The 10th annual class of social entrepreneurs from all over the world is coming Aug. 12–24 for SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Global Social Benefit Incubator, or GSBI.

The third annual California Program for Entrepreneurship at SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ hopes to be a fresh launching pad for 32 entrepreneurs involved in startups ranging from a flying-robot retrieval system; a mobile-phone dating service; a cutting-edge surgical-glue venture, and a travel and safety app for hikers.

To support the role of Catholic women religious in China, India, and Vietnam as agents of social change, the Henry Luce Foundation has awarded a four-year grant of $375,000 to the Jesuit School of Theology of SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

With Penn State's historic fine, the question emerges: what is the proper role of sports in higher education? An all-day symposium presented by SA¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½’s Institute of Sports Law and Ethics will address that question Sept. 6.